Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 4 March 1918, Americus, GA. Died: 18 June 1960, Sumter, GA. Buried: Lebanon Cemetery, Plains, GA. Enlisted: 25 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 16 August 1945. Education: grammar school. Serial #34062419 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1915, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Serial #34071053 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1 July 1922, Spartanburg, SC. Died: 23 April 1975, Asheville, NC. Buried at Lincoln Memorial Gardens. Enlisted: #1 27 August 1941 and discharged 26 December 1945. Enlisted: #2 14 March 1946, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC, Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: textile manufacturer. His father…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 21 May 1916, Harrison, West VA. Died: 13 July 1974, Allegheny County, PA. Enlisted: 15 July 1941, Huntington, West VA. Discharged: 15 November 1944. He was assigned to the 1326 Service Unit and the 97th Engineer Regiment. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: attendant hospital and also…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1915, Cook County, IL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Chicago, IL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #36020093 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 20 July 1913, North Carolina. Died: 26 May 1973. Buried at Enoch Chapel Cemetery at Wilmington, New Hanover, NC. Enlisted: 20 October 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Discharged: 8 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/driver truck or cab. He lived in Kings County, NY….
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 6 May 1914, Wake County, NC. Died: 20 June 1955, Willow Spring, Wake, NC. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was Sim McNeil and his mother was Sallie Elliot. His wife was Bertha McMillan and they were married…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1917, Fulton County, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Serial #34062763 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 13 July 1915, St. James, LA. Died: 11 September 1994, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Jacksonville, Army Airfield, FL. Discharged: 10 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was James Munford and his mother was Florella Joseph. Serial #34071355 If you have…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 29 October 1914, South Carolina. Died: 21 June 1973, Jasper County, SC. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 29 December 1945.Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill laborer. Serial #34096816 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE